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September 12, 2016

Certifiable Predator B Successfully Completes Aircraft Integration

Ground And Flight Testing To Commence This Fall

Aircraft integration of the General Atomics Certifiable Predator B (CPB) RPA system has been completed at the company’s Poway, CA production facility, and the aircraft has been shipped to its Gray Butte Flight Operations facility near Palmdale, CA in preparation for developmental testing.

EC-135 Will Be Based At Oakland County (MI) International Airport

Pentastar Aviation has been selected as a provider of management services and direct air carrier operations for Superior Air-Ground Ambulance’s EC-135 helicopter. The aircraft will be based at Oakland County International Airport (KPTK), with operations primarily supporting the Henry Ford Health System.

Large- And Medium-Sized Unmanned Helos To Be Developed Under The Agreement

Jiangsu Tianyu Aviation Technology Co., Ltd. and the 60th Research Institute of the General Staff Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (60th Research Institute) recently held a signing ceremony for cooperation on an unmanned helicopter project.

Pilots Get a More Realistic Visual Systems, and Desktop Simulators Add Options…

Redbird Flight Simulations has revolutionized simulation training in so many ways it’s hard to keep track of their latest innovation. That’s why ANN News Editor, Tom Patton, checked in with Redbird at EAA AirVenture 2016 to see what’s new and what’s changed.

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Holyoke, MA Moves Forward With Drone Ordinance

Requires Written Permission For Flight Over Private Or City Property

The Holyoke, MA City Council Ordinance Committee voted unanimously last week to move forward with new legislation that makes it a crime to fly an unmanned aircraft over private or city property without written permission.

The Tandem Two-Seat Trainer Hits Another Milestone After Successful Flight Testing and Type Certificate Approval

After a joint evaluation process, the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Hürkus tandem two-seat trainer has completed all flight testing and obtained Type Certificate (TC) from the Turkish Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) with its validation certificate from EASA. Each flight deck includes two Universal Avionics Radio Control Units (RCU) and two EFI-890R Advanced Flight Displays to be used as Primary Flight Displays (PFD).